"There is a hermit in each of us — you have to pull out the thorn. If I hadn’t pulled out the thorn, I wouldn’t have found this world."
This article focuses on the moral dimensions of Franciscan conversion in the lives of Franciscan converts, including some of their implications for modern-day moral conversion.
This book examines the Franciscan alchemist Roger Bacon’s (1220-1292) interest in the role of alchemy in medicine, and how this interest connected with the milieu in which he was writing.
The editors of Franciscan Connections wish you a Happy New Year. May 2023 bring you lots of peace, goodness, and happiness!
Francis of Assisi held a special devotion for Christmas, and for the infant Jesus, as evidenced by his recreation of the nativity scene at Greccio in 1223.